narcotic

chemical substance with psychoactive properties
Thing drug_class Q940
narcotic
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narcotic

Summary

narcotic is a drug class[1]. narcotic ranks in the top 10% of drug_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,556 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • narcotic's instance of is recorded as drug class[3].
  • narcotic is a type of depressant[4].
  • narcotic is a type of analgesic[5].
  • narcotic's Commons category is recorded as Narcotics[6].
  • narcotic's said to be the same as is recorded as Q17631687[7].
  • narcotic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Narcotics[8].
  • narcotic's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • narcotic's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • narcotic's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • narcotic's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • narcotic's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • narcotic's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[14].
  • narcotic's partially coincident with is recorded as psychoactive drug[15].
  • narcotic's partially coincident with is recorded as illegal drug[16].
  • narcotic's different from is recorded as illegal drug[17].
  • narcotic's history of topic is recorded as history of narcotics[18].

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Definition and Type

narcotic's instance of is recorded as drug class[3]. Recorded subclass of include depressant[4] and analgesic[5].

Why It Matters

narcotic ranks in the top 10% of drug_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,556 views/month).[2] narcotic has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] narcotic is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . meshb.nlm.nih.gov. meshb.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Narcotics
    Partially coincident with psychoactive drug, illegal drug
    Said to be the same as Q17631687
    History of topic history of narcotics
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5465, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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